Us Magazine is reporting that Heath Ledger’s father, Kim, has told anyone that will listen that Heath’s ex-wife and daughter will be “taken care of” after news has come out that all of Heath’s assets are to be distributed to his father and sisters instead of his young daughter, Matilda.

What a jerk! I really can’t believe how brazen Kim is being about this. First of all, is he so greedy that he wants all of his dead son’s money? Secondly, he is willing to “take care of” his son’s ex-wife and his grandaughter for a few lousy dollars? Third, who is going to do it? Is he going to hire someone to take them out, or will he do it himself? Finally, how can the Austrailian and American police and investigative bureaus just sit idly by and let these threats go unpunished? I’m flabbergasted.

Lets go to the article for more info:

“Matilda is an absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family,” Kim Ledger said in a statement. “They will be taken care of and that’s how Heath would want it to be.”

Oh. Maybe Kim means that Williams and her daughter will be taken care of financially, as in all of their needs being met. Hmm. This is awkward. I really have to stop jumping to conclusions.

TMZ is reporting that the FDA is investigating at least two doctors who prescribed medications to Heath Ledger. Right after his death, the NYPD subpoenaed several documents to try and determine if the prescribed medications he had were prescribed in a medically-correct prescribable fashion. That is if they were prescribed rightly prescribably. If you remember correctly, there were varying reports on pill bottles being strewn about Heath’s apartment and pills being found around his body.

Unfortunately, we know that those reports shouldn’t have varied at all. This guy got some doctors to prescribe him a shit load of medication and he decided to take “legal doses” of each one, at the same time. I get scared when I take a multi-vitamin and an ibuprofen in the morning after a long night of binge drinking. Heath decided to rid his demons by reading each bottle, taking the exact dosage of each, and really expected that nothing bad would happen to him? Its unfortunate because I respect him as an actor and he had a young girl that will never fully know her father now. Jack Nicholson reportedly told Heath about the kind of demons he had to deal with when he played the part back in the 90’s. And judging by how spot-on Heath played the character in the much darker “The Dark Knight”, I’d say the reason he couldn’t sleep had something to do with that role.

They filmed parts of the movie here in Chicago and on several occasions, people reported Heath riding his skateboard with full costume and makeup on, flying down the streets of the Loop and scaring the shit out of people. Could you imagine what that would look like to some sweet administrative assistant on her way to lunch? Needless to say I can’t wait to see the movie. You can view a trailer that features the first six minutes of the movie HERE.

Here’s the official word on Heath Ledger’s cause of death (as told by People magazine):

Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine,” said an announcement released Wednesday morning by office spokesperson Ellen Borakove. “We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications,” the two-paragraph statement said in its entirety.

I don’t want to be the one to say it, but I know you’re all thinking it. How fucked up is the media today? There were actually reports that he died of natural causes. NATURAL CAUSES. The police reported that there were pill bottles found by his body and we all know the masseuse freaked out and called Mary-Kate because she wanted to try and cover that shit up. That’s a lot of medication to just take randomly.

It reminds me of the time in high school when someone said I did this fat younger chick in the janitor’s closet. I was like “you can’t come up with anything better than the janitor’s closet? Thats sooo cliche. I’m not saying I didn’t do the girl, but just back up the story with some facts. Jesus.”

Go HERE to see the video that Entertainment Tonight purchased. It shows Heath at the Chateau Marmont, doing cocaine and twitching while talking about his 3 month old, Matilda Rose. Its kind of “curious” that a 28 year old could drop dead due to “natural causes” as so many sites have reported, yet he’s known around Hollywood for having a drug problem. Even if the toxicology reports come back as negative, there is no doubt in my mind that all the drugs didn’t quite agree with his heart.

I know the pound and a half of Italian sausage I ate last night might very well contribute to my demise some day, and yet I still plow through it like I haven’t had a meal in years. However, I don’t talk about my child until I’m done chewing. Have some manners, Heath.

A bunch of other sites have already posted this video this morning and it’ll probably be taken down soon, so watch the preview. The movie looks just as fantastic as “Batman Begins” and thats because Christopher Nolan is a genius (for anyone who wants proof, see “Memento”). And there are going to be people lining up to see this movie in July because its one of Heath Ledger’s last films and probably his most anticipated.

I also found it amusing to learn how pissed off Jack Nicholson was about Nolan not asking him to reprise his role as the Joker. This isn’t “Geriatric Batman”, Jack. I don’t want to discredit you or your talents in any way, but come on. This is much different than “Something’s Gotta Give”. Although you were a bad ass in “The Departed”. Come to think of it, maybe they should have given you the chance.

That said, Heath Ledger fucking nailed the part. Every trailer I’ve seen, shit every picture I’ve seen, represents exactly how The Joker should be played. Creepy as hell with a couple screws loose. And it helps that he looks like someone tried to carve him from ear to ear. Batman movies should be dark as hell and I’m glad that Nolan and his team have saved the franchise from Clooney, Schwarzenegger, and Carrey.

Oh and one more thing: This is the movie that Tom “I’m Fucking Nuts” Cruise wouldn’t let his wifey poo be a part of. Not that she was really good in “Batman Begins”, but she is more attractive than Maggie Gyllenhaal.

UPDATE: The bank that is featured in the trailer is at Van Buren and Canal in Chicago. I drove by a couple months ago and then had spotlights that lit up the side of the building and lettering that said “Gotham Bank” on it. At the end of the scene, they actually pull out onto Van Buren going the wrong way. I know. I’m a nerd.

When there were first reports of pill bottles being “strewn around” the apartment where Heath Ledger’s body was found, I thought that seemed a little weird. Like, who commits suicide and then throws pill bottles all over the room before dying. But these were just internet rumors, so my inner sceptic was calmed. That is, until today.

OK Magazine reports that the massage therapist who found Ledger’s body made three phone calls BEFORE calling 911. Who were the calls to? Well, Mary-Kate Olsen, of course.

NYPD originally said the masseuse, Diana Wolozin, made two calls to the Olsen twin before calling 911, but later changed its statement after taking a closer look at Ledger’s phone records. (All of Wolozin’s calls were made from Ledger’s cell phone.)

I think we all know what this means: Mary-Kate Olsen and this masseuse were involved in an elaborate plot to kill Heath Ledger. Its the only possible answer.

So sad, so sad. Who thought that by the end of January 22nd, 2008, we would find out that such a great actor would be dead. And not only dead but supposedly in Mary Kate’s apartment (not true) with pills strewn about (also not true). God I hate people who just spread gossip about celebrities.

Especially about such a hard-nosed, “rough and tumble” guy. (Insert “Brokeback” joke here).